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LUCK, Earl Kenneth - Date of
birth
1911 -
Age
unknown - Place of
birth
Tennessee -
Hometown
Tennessee
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O1313623 -
Rank
First Lieutenant -
Function
unknown -
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
422nd Infantry Regiment,
106th Infantry Division
-
Awards
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
5 April 1945 - Place of
death
Nuremberg, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| F | 5 | 27 |
Immediate family
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Members
James M. Luck (father)
Bessie M. Luck (mother)
Violet E. Luck (sister)
Genevieve E. Luck (sister)
Nina P. Luck (sister)
Harold S. Luck (brother)
Ray W. Luck (brother)
Martha L. Luck (sister)
More information
1st Lt Earl K. Luck attended college and was an advertising manager at the Enamel Company.He enlisted at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia on 23 July 1942.
He was taken prisoner in the vicinity of Schlausenbach, Germany on 16 December 1944 and was imprisoned at Stalag 123-D in the vicinity of Nürenberg, Germany.
During a raid on the Nürenberg railroad yard on 5 April 1945, performed by the U.S. Army Air Force, a column of American officers was hit with 29 men killed.
Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record, http://www.indianamilitary.org/106ID/SoThinkMenu/106thSTART.htm
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Delphine Richter Thomas, www.newspapers.com - The Tennessean